American School for the Deaf

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years. November 10 2004—The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association denies Phillipsburg's request for a waiver from the state's 70 percent rule, ending the Stateliners' hopes of rejoining its Pennsylvania neighbors in the Lehigh Valley Conference. The NJSIAA mandates that state schools must play 70 percent of their schedules against New Jersey teams to be eligible for state playoffs in all sports. 1989—Northern Lehigh goes 98 yards in the final three minutes, capped by Mike Bennett's 57-yard touchdown run with 1:45 left, to snap a 17-game losing...

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